WIVB The program that allows Buffalo elementary school children to eat breakfast in their classrooms is being challenged by the Buffalo Teachers Federation. The union says it agrees with the concept, but that teachers need help passing out the food and cleaning up.

BTF President Phil Rumore says help can be in the form of more teacher aides hired in certain schools, or parent volunteers coming into the classroom. Rumore says the union filed a grievance after some teachers reported unsanitary conditions that led to ants and mice inside the schools.

The issue was raised in 2010 when the inclassroom breakfast program was created. Before then, clogged cafeterias and scheduling problems prevented thousands of students from being guaranteed a free breakfast or the time to properly eat the meals.

The District Parent Coordinating Council plans on meeting with Rumore this week to try and work out a solution. The parent group hopes the grievance can be withdrawn.

Bridget Wood, the districts Director of Food Service, says breakfast in the classroom has created a less chaotic, calmer way to start the school day.

Jessica Bauer Walker, who heads the Health Committee of the District Parent Coordinating Council said 82 percent of the Buffalo students are living in poverty.

Its harder for students to concentrate and learn on empty stomachs, she said. She added, if they eat breakfast, they are likely to have less behavioral problems and fewer visits to the nurse..

Mumbai, June 4: Actor Vindoo Dara Singh and Chennai Super Kings team principal Gurunath Meiyappan were today granted bail by a local court. The two are expected to come out of jail by this evening after bail formalities are completed.

Vindoo and Meiyappans arrests came after Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila were taken into custody on spotfixing charges.

Gurnath Meiyappan was arrested on May 24 for allegedly taking part in illegal betting in the Indian Premier League IPL and had triggered major upheavel in the cricket world. The most high profile causality of this scandal was his fatherinlaw N Srinivasan, who had to keep away from BCCI. He is president of BCCI.

The Mumbai court has told Vindoo and Gurunath two have been told not to leave the country and surrender their passports to the police. The court has also asked them to report to Mumbai Crime Branch office two days in a week.

Arguments in the case

Meiyappans lawyer Aabad Ponda has argued that the CSK team honcho was not involved in matchfixing or spotfixing.

The one case is that of placing bets with Vindoo. Placing bets is a bailable offence. All the sections levelled

against him are bailable except three 420, 466 and 468 of the IPC. It is not the case that Meiyappan forged documents hence 466 and 468 are not applicable, he argued.

Relying on a Supreme Court judgment, Ponda contended the basic rule is that in a case which does not fetch life imprisonment, the accused should be granted bail.

None of the sections under which Meiyappan has been charged with invite life sentence, he said.

Meiyappan responded to the summons issued to him by the police. There is no question of him absconding. Tapping of my phones and all other evidence has been taken by the police even prior to Meiyappans arrest, Ponda argued.

Vindoos lawyer Satish Maneshinde argued that the allegation against the arrested actor can be at the most only for contacting bookies but it cannot be said that he was part of the larger conspiracy.

Maneshinde further argued that the allegation that Vindoo had facilitated the escape of some bookies does not stand as those bookies were not named as wanted accused the day they left the city.

There is no reasonable ground that he will abscond or tamper with evidence. The reason why this case was foisted on the accused has been met with yesterday, Maneshinde said referring to N Srinivasan stepping aside as BCCI chief pending inquiry..